Kristen King
Acute Care · Hammond, LANPI 1003301375
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 124 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 124 payments — averaging $31.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$617
- Medtronic$575
- Abiomed$420
- AbbVie$380
- Abbott$362
- Novo Nordisk$254
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,877100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 12 | $617 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $575 |
| Abiomed | 21 | $420 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $380 |
| Abbott | 6 | $362 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $254 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $236 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $146 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 5 | $142 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $130 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $120 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $50 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $28 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $16 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$3,877 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 248 acute care providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 11 | $11,736 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 16 | $112 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 16 | $89 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 13 | $88 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 18 | $83 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 19 | $81 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 20 | $59 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 12 | $47 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 13 | $28 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 12 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $18 | $11,73611 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 248 acute care providers in Louisiana.
Other acute care in Hammond
- Precious HodgesLafayette$70K
- Brinton FegleyShreveport$61K
- Charles JarreauNew Orleans$40K
- Jeremy DavisShreveport$35K
- Heather MecomShreveport$17K
- Jeremy TerroLafayette$11K
- Mary HireShreveport$11K
- Jacquelyn CosterHouma$10K
- Monique YoungMetairie$10K
- Sammi SmithShreveport$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.